Posted on Apr 25, 2008

The third annual Domestic Violence & Rape Awareness Banquet, “Out of the Silence, Finding Our Voices,” is Saturday, April 26 at 5:30 p.m. in the ballroom at College Park Hall.

Keynote speaker Salamishah Tillet, a rape survivor and co-founder of A Long Walk Home, Inc., will discuss how the media shapes the public’s response to sexual violence and discourages victims from coming forward to press charges. The banquet, sponsored by Las Hermanas of Tau Chapter of Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc., will also feature musical performances, poetry readings and anecdotes from survivors.

Doors open at 5 p.m. for this event, which is free for the campus community. Tickets for the general public are $18 per person; $30 per couple.

"These events are crucial to the well being of our social and academic community,” said Lambda Pi Chi Vice President Carla Reeves ’08. “All three of our chapter founders survived domestic violence and rape. This banquet enables us to raise awareness and commemorate the road to recovery that many survivors have taken.”

The banquet closes Pi Chi Week which included discussions of race, identity, sex and health; a movie and game night and volunteer activities at Kenney Community Center.

Proceeds will benefit The National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault (SCESA) and a local organization that promotes domestic violence awareness.

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Posted on Apr 24, 2008

Pick up your passport and visit nearly 25 countries in two hours at the International Festival Friday, April 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. in Old Chapel.

Students will teach about world cultures through sampling of traditional food, dance performances and demonstrations of art, music and  pictures.

International Festival’s organizing team includes Marie Schubert ‘09, Alexandra Dumitrescu ‘10 and Pavel Trojánek (ND), an exchange student from the Czech Republic.

“I’ve learned a lot through the host-family program and through working with the students on campus,” said Trojánek. “People are diverse: I’ve found Americans to be a lot different than the image that the media shows around the world.”

Dance performances are scheduled for 5:40 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Presentations include Soran Bushi, Jen traditional dance from Japan; Kata, Japanese martial arts; a Mexican tango; Nigerian bellydancing; and Chinese singing. The German Club will present one show from “Kabarett.”

Informational tables will represent the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Botswana & Zimbabwe, Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ghana, Guyana, India, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Russia, Senegal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Ukraine and Vietnam.

There will also be a table on the Iraqi Student Project.

Participants visit each table to learn new facts and deepen their knowledge. After experiencing each country’s culture, they’ll take a fun, simple quiz and receive a passport “stamp.”

Bookstore prizes will be awarded at the end of the festival.

“My goal for the festival is to bring together a team of students to work together helping to erase borders and enjoy other cultures in a fun way,” said Trojánek. “The world is a global village and it’s cool to get to know your neighbors!”

International Festival is sponsored by IEG, International Programs, Dean of Students and Dean of Studies Office.

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Posted on Apr 24, 2008

Thursday, April 24, 12:40 p.m. / Science and Engineering Building, Room N304 / Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Series presents S.S. Sternstein of RPI on “The Physics of Mechanical Reinforcement in Nanofilled Polymer Melts and Elastomers”

Thursday, April 24, 12:45 p.m. / F. W. Olin Center, Room 106 / Chemistry Department Seminar Series presents Dr. Greg Reid, executive VP, Sai Advantium Pharma, Ltd., Hyderabad, India, on “Hot Weather, Bad Roads and Other Obstacles to Chemical Research in Inida”

Thursday, April 24, 5 p.m. / Bailey Hall 207 / Computer Science presents Edith Hemaspaandra of Rochester Institute of Technology on “Anyone But Him: The Complexities of Precluding an Alternative” 

Thursday, April 24, 5:15 p.m. / F. W. Olin Center, Room 115 / Department of Biological Sciences and Ethics Across the Curriculum present “A Lack of Plasticity: Embryonic Stem Cell Policy in the United States”

Thursday, April 24, 5:30 p.m. / Green House / Jungle Gold, a dramatic monologue by geologist Roger Kuhns

Thursday, April 24, 7:30 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Catwalk for a Cause fashion show

Thursday, April 24, 8:30 p.m. / Blue House / Book signing and reception with poet Vievee Francis

Friday, April 25, 12:45 p.m. / F. W. Olin Center, Room 115 / Biology Department Seminar Series presents Nicholas Crawford of Boston University

Friday, April 25, 5 p.m. / Old Chapel / International Festival

Friday, April 25 – Monday, April 28, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center / Film: “Rambo”

Saturday, April 26, 8:30 a.m. / Memorial Field House / Rube Goldberg Contest

Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Outdoor track, Union Invitational

Saturday, April 26, 1 p.m. / Alexander Field / Softball vs. Mount St. Mary

Saturday, April 26, 3 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center / Film: “Clueless”

Saturday, April 26, 5:30 p.m. / College Park Hall Ballroom / Domestic Violence/Rape Awareness Annual Banquet

Saturday, April 26, 6 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Men’s lacrosse vs. Merchant Marine Academy

Sunday, April 27, 2 p.m. / Tennis courts / Men’s tennis vs. St. Lawrence

Sunday, April 27, 3 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Chamber Concert Series presents Emerson String Quartet

Tuesday, April 29, 3 p.m. / Alexander Field / Women’s softball vs. SUNY Oswego

Tuesday, April 29, 4 p.m. / Buck Ewing Field, Central Park / Men’s baseball vs. Hamilton

Tuesday, April 29, 4:30 p.m. / Visual Arts Building, Room 215 / Rebecca Murtagh, assistant professor of Art at Hamilton College, to speak on “Postmodern Ceramics”

Wednesday. April 30, 12:30-1:40 p.m. / Hale House, Everest Lounge / “View from the Trenches: Teaching Ethics Segments,” Ethics Across the Curriculum luncheon. Faculty members share their experiences; open to all

Thursday, May 1, 12:40 p.m. / Science and Engineering Building, Room N304 / Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Series presents, Mark Ito, Jefferson Lab, on “The Lifetime of the Neutral Pion – Results from the PrimEx Experiment”

Thursday, May 1, 12:45 p.m. / F. W. Olin Center, Room 106 / Chemistry Department Seminar Series presents Patrick Hayes of the Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, on “Tracking Pharmaceuticals and Toxic Metals at Environment Interfaces Using Lasers” 

Thursday, May 1, 4 p.m. / Burns Arts Atrium Gallery, Visual Arts Building / Artists’ reception, Annual Steinmetz Symposium Student Art Exhibition

Thursday, May 1, 4:30 p.m. / Schaffer Library, Phi Beta Kappa Room / Philosophy Speaker Series presents “Kant’s First Historical Thesis”

Friday, May 2 – Sunday, May 4 / Steinmetz Symposium / Spring Family Weekend

Friday, May 2, 12:20 p.m. / Nott Memorial / Annual Steinmetz dance performance

Friday, May 2, 8 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Union College & Community Orchestra and Union College Choir

Friday, May 2 – Monday, May 5, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center / Film: “Spiderwick Chronicles”

Saturday, May 3, 1 p.m. / Buck Ewing Field, Central Park / Men’s baseball vs. Vassar

Saturday, May 3, 1 p.m. / Taylor Music Center, Fred L. Emerson Auditorium / Union College Jazz Ensemble

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Posted on Apr 23, 2008

Geologist Roger Kuhns will present “Jungle Gold,” a monologue about his experiences in French Guyana, Thursday, April 24 at 5:30 p.m. in Green House. 

The talk is free and open to the public.

While conducting research in the rainforest of French Guyana, Kuhns discovered a treasure he considered more valuable than gold. “Jungle Gold” is the true story of the drama, humor and life lessons learned from attempting to balance the opposing forces of multi-national interests and the indigenous people.

Kuhns left the mineral exploration industry many years ago and now works for a large consulting company that develops environmentally sound projects. He delivers talks about his experiences in South America, Africa and Russia to provide an insider’s perspective on the delicate state of the ecosystem in these areas.

For more information, contact George Shaw, the John & Jane Wold Professor of
Geology, shawg@union.edu.

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Posted on Apr 23, 2008

 

Through May 4

 

Burns Atrium Art Gallery

Visual Arts Building

Annual Steinmetz Symposium Student Art Exhibition

Work of art students, both majors and non-majors

 

 

 

Through May 11

Mandeville Gallery

Nott Memorial

Fernando Orellana – Recent Work

Professor Orellana’s 14 paintings, four sculpture pieces and one video installation explore issues of consumer culture and our relationship with war.

 

 

 

Through May 18

Wikoff Student Gallery

The Nott Memorial

LGBT: A Union Perspective 

A juried exhibition of artwork by students and faculty that explores issues surrounding the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community at Union. 

 

 

 

Through June 12

Humanities Gallery

Aesthetic Divisions

Works from former Union artist-in-residence Arlene Baker's "Silk Spaces" series.

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Posted on Apr 23, 2008

The 36th International Festival of Chamber Music season concludes Sunday, April 27 at 3 p.m. in Memorial Chapel with the Emerson String Quartet performing “All-Brahms Part II” and a recognition for Daniel Berkenblit, series director since 1979.

Berkenblit, who has programmed nearly 500 concerts in the acclaimed series, will receive the Founders Medal from Union College President Stephen C. Ainlay for his distinctive contribution to the College.

Thanks to Berkenblit’s passion and generosity, the Union College Chamber Concert Series has developed a large and devoted following. It has made Memorial Chapel an essential stop for the world’s most renowned soloists and ensembles, including the Emerson String Quartet.

A Brooklyn native, Berkenblit retired in 2001 as chief pathologist at St. Mary’s Hospital in Troy. He and his wife, Phillipine, live in Schenectady and Stratton, Vt.

The Emerson returns for an unprecedented 25th Concert Series performance featuring chamber musicians Philip Setzer and Eugene Drucker, violins; Lawrence Dutton, viola; and David Finckel, cello.

The full afternoon of music from Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) includes String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2 and String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 67 with Philip Setzer, first violin. Following intermission the ensemble will perform String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1 with Eugene Drucker, first violin.

This concert is free for the Union community, $25 for general admission and $10 for area students. For more information, call 372-3651; for ticket information, visit http://www.union.edu/ConcertSeries.

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